Oligocene

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:34:19

Ol"i*go*cene (?), a. [Oligo- + Gr. new, recent.] Geol.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods.

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n.

The Oligocene period. See the Chart of Geology.

 

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